Printing

Pharos Quota Printing

Students can print directly to laser printers from PCs and Macintoshes in public computing
areas, from personal computers and laptops, and from BINGSUNS using the Pharos laser
printing system. Each semester students receive an initial seed of $9.75 and a weekly
credit of $2.25. This provides 825 single-sided pages or 1650 double sided pages.

Printing Prices:

Simplex by Xerox (one-sided ) $0.05 per page

Duplex by Xerox (two-sided) $0.03 per side

Color by Xerox (one-sided only) $0.40 per page

Quota printing can only be used to pay for black & white printing. Color printing
must be paid for with a BUC$ account.

When the quota is exhausted a BUC$ account must be used to pay for additional printing.

Duplex Printing by Default

In order to reduce paper and toner supplies, Duplex printing is the now the default
selection when you go to print your files.

Print Jobs' Life Span 30 Minutes

To improve the efficiency of the printing system, print jobs will remain in printing
queues for only 30 minutes. Please be sure to retrieve your print jobs within this
time frame.

Tips for Printing Smart

Last year students at Binghamton printed over 12,000,000 pages! Please think before
you print and consider these tips to help conserve resources, reduce waste, and make
your printing quota last longer.

Print duplex whenever possible

Correct errors before printing. Spell check and use "print preview" to identify editing
and formatting problems.

When printing from a web browser, use "print preview" to see how the page will be
laid out. Print only the selection of pages that you need.

When PowerPoint printing, print handouts instead of slides. You can print up to 9
slides per page. Make this selection on the Print dialog box.

Avoid printing e-mails to simply read them. If you must print multiple emails, cut
and paste them into a single MS Word file.

Remember: Think before you print.

Printing and BUC$ Accounts

If you have a BUC$ account and your quota is exhausted you can...

...Use the BUC$ machines in the Bartle Library, Science Library, and University Downtown
Center. To add funds using cash, swipe your card in a BUC$ machine and follow the
directions. At this time, the BUC$ machines do not accept credit cards.

...Visit the Meal Plan Office in the University Union, just underneath the Tillman
Lobby outside the Mandella Room. Hours, Monday – Friday 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., or
call 607-777-6000.

Do not purchase a new BUC$ card from the machine. It will not allow you to print black
& white or color pages on Information Commons or pods printers. Read more

...You can also purchase a card from a BUC$ machine BUT this allow you to ONLY print
to the Libraries' Community Printers which can ONLY PRINT WEB PAGES. YOU CANNOT PRINT
FILES CREATED WITH APPLICATION SOFTWARE FOUND ON INFORMATION COMMONS COMPUTERS.

Community Printing

Limited printing is available to guests who use the Libraries' Guest Computers by
purchasing a BUC$ card from the BUC$ machines available in the Bartle and Science
Libraries. BUC$ cards cost $1; additional funds must be added to the card using cash
in order to print.